HEL(?) Port is a busy sea port with 1,806.8 MMT annual cargo handling capacity. It also owns around 4500 acres of land. Land parcels are fragmented in such a way that large parcels are adjacent to its docks (Port has three dock systems located in a radius of 75 KM) and small parcels are spread over nearby twin cities of Greetington and Greaton. (Kindly refer to the pictures). Five dedicated teams (each managing one location with Manager (Estate) as the head) mange these land parcels. The CEO of this port would like to earn additional revenue by leasing out these land parcels for various usage (such as warehousing, retail store, housing complex etc.) Lease is a long term (25 years or more) contract whereby lessee (tenant) gets land usage and development rights against an annual payment to the lessor (the port). The process of leasing starts with land inspection where an inspector visits the site and captures spatial (land coordinates, description, structure on the land etc.) and non-spatial information (present occupant, encroachment, nearby major facilities etc.). Such information is reviews and transferred to property database by an assistant estate manager. Using this information, Deputy Manager (Land) develops a proposal and gets it approved from the Manager (Estate). Once approved, this proposal is hosted on the bidding system of the port where bidders participate in an electronic reverse auction and highest bidder (highest annual rent quoted) gets the land on lease. Lease contract is an important legal document. It carries terms and conditions of the lease along with important billing dates and price escalation clauses (Inflation, government tax rates and other factors cause annual rent to increase / decrease). Lease bills are generated on annual basis by Deputy Manager (lease) and in case of default, she/he serves a notice to the lessee for payment. CEO's office requested you to develop an IT solution for this context and make a presentation covering following questions. (Try to answer in bullet points and diagrams) Question 1. Explain enterprise architecture? Propose an enterprise architecture for the given context? (Please draw the enterprise architecture) (8 Marks) Question 2. Draw relevant process model(s) and data model(s) for the proposed IT solution. (To draw data model, please identify tables and sample fields in these tables) (10 Marks) Question 3. Using IT portfolio management approach, propose a/few KPI to gauge proposed IT investment's impact? Do you think proposed IT solution can offer sustainable competitive advantage to the Port? (7 Marks) HEL(?) Port is a busy sea port with 1,806.8 MMT annual cargo handling capacity. It also owns around 4500 acres of land. Land parcels are fragmented in such a way that large parcels are adjacent to its docks (Port has three dock systems located in a radius of 75 KM) and small parcels are spread over nearby twin cities of Greetington and Greaton. (Kindly refer to the pictures). Five dedicated teams (each managing one location with Manager (Estate) as the head) mange these land parcels. The CEO of this port would like to earn additional revenue by leasing out these land parcels for various usage (such as warehousing, retail store, housing complex etc.) Lease is a long term (25 years or more) contract whereby lessee (tenant) gets land usage and development rights against an annual payment to the lessor (the port). The process of leasing starts with land inspection where an inspector visits the site and captures spatial (land coordinates, description, structure on the land etc.) and non-spatial information (present occupant, encroachment, nearby major facilities etc.). Such information is reviews and transferred to property database by an assistant estate manager. Using this information, Deputy Manager (Land) develops a proposal and gets it approved from the Manager (Estate). Once approved, this proposal is hosted on the bidding system of the port where bidders participate in an electronic reverse auction and highest bidder (highest annual rent quoted) gets the land on lease. Lease contract is an important legal document. It carries terms and conditions of the lease along with important billing dates and price escalation clauses (Inflation, government tax rates and other factors cause annual rent to increase / decrease). Lease bills are generated on annual basis by Deputy Manager (lease) and in case of default, she/he serves a notice to the lessee for payment. CEO's office requested you to develop an IT solution for this context and make a presentation covering following questions. (Try to answer in bullet points and diagrams) Question 1. Explain enterprise architecture? Propose an enterprise architecture for the given context? (Please draw the enterprise architecture) (8 Marks) Question 2. Draw relevant process model(s) and data model(s) for the proposed IT solution. (To draw data model, please identify tables and sample fields in these tables) (10 Marks) Question 3. Using IT portfolio management approach, propose a/few KPI to gauge proposed IT investment's impact? Do you think proposed IT solution can offer sustainable competitive advantage to the Port? (7 Marks)
